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• "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System
Installed" on page 94.
• "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System
Installed" on page 94.
• "Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System
Installed" on page 95.
• "Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1)" on page 95.
• "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration" on page 96.
• "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on page 97.
Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System
NOTICE:
You lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID
configuration using the following procedure. Back up data that you want to keep
before continuing.
NOTICE:
Use the following procedure only if you are reinstalling your operating
system. Do not use the following procedure to migrate an existing storage
configuration to RAID level 0 configuration.
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to
RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87).
2 Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option
ROM utility.
3 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and
press <Enter>.
4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press <Enter>.
For RAID 0
Press the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe).
a
NOTE:
want to store on the RAID volume. If you do not know the average file size,
choose 128 KB as your stripe size.
Press the up- and down-arrow keys to change the stripe size and press
b
<Enter>.
Select the stripe size closest to the size of the average file that you
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